1. Current status in standardization in the field of PED Bratislava-11, 12 and 13 April 2005
Nouredine Hakimi
CEN Programme Manager

2. Content Some important horizontal decisions taken at CEN level
The Pressure Equipment Advisory Nucleus
The work programme and status of draft standards
The promotion of Pressure Equipment standards
Conclusion
Sources of Information

3. CEN IS MADE UP OF:
a ‘system’ to carry out formal processes shared between:
28 National Members, and the representative expertise they assemble from each country
8 Associates; 2 Counsellors (EC, EFTA)
The CEN Management Centre, Brussels
This membership is embodied in the Statutes.
The national standards bodies have vital roles to play in gathering national expertise and implementing the results as recognized national standards.
This slide and next three emphasize the range of participation

4. Some important horizontal decisions taken at CEN level
Mr Lars Flink, the new chairman of the CEN Board, outlined the challenges facing CEN in the next three years:
3-year timeframe for the development of standards: the successful implementation of this action;
Enlargement of CEN: participation of all CEN Member bodies in the technical work.

5. Technical work in the enlarged CEN (Resolution BT 10/2004)
BT created a group (BT/CAG 172 Technical work in enlarged CEN) to advise the Chairman on ways to facilitate the participation of the National Standards Bodies in the technical work, at all levels.
Global relevance of standards (Resolution BT 17/2004)
BT noted that BT/WG 152 Global relevance in standards is developing guidance to CEN technical committees on the implications of global relevance.

6. Global objective: The Three Year Cycle for ENs2 3 1
Deliver
Decide
Draft
Many initiatives have been identified by the CAG: training possibly with TC Secretariat qualification, new work item feasibility, 'contracts' with convenors, clearly defined resources, use of new deliverables, development of a 'priority' list of work items, review of the business plan concept, clarification of the role of CEN consultants and the provision of statistics by CMC.
However, the most significant issue raised related to a firm schedule to deliver in three years; each major stage is timed; each time frame has a tolerance which must be declared and failure to meet the defined time frame could result in cancellation of the project.
The balance of this presentation deals with this issue.

7. ENQ + FV / PQ-UQ + FV Timeframe Milestones
Receipt of TC resolution ( date)
+6 months
Circulation of first working draft
Dispatch of Enquiry draft to CMC
+ 2.5 months
Submission to Enquiry
+ 5 months
Closure of Enquiry
+ 8 months
Dispatch of Formal Vote draft to CMC
+ 3.5 months
Submission to Formal Vote
+ 2 months
Closure of Formal Vote
+ 1 months
Ratification
Definitive text available
= 36 months
ENQ + FV / PQ-UQ + FV

8. Unique acceptance procedure UAP
Timeframe
Milestones
Receipt of TC resolution ( date)
+6 months
Circulation of first working draft
Dispatch of UAP draft to CMC
+ 3.5 months
Submission to UAP
+ 3,4 or 5 months
Closure of UAP
+ 1 months
Ratification
+ 2 months
Definitive text available
= 21.5 to 23.5 months
Unique acceptance procedure UAP

9. The Pressure Equipment Advisory Nucleus: PE-AN
The pressure Equipment Advisory Nucleus is a group reporting to the CEN Technical board.
There are 16 members (NSBs, EC, Notified Bodies, Users, Manufacturers, CMC,..)
The PE-AN is a forum for the management of sector activities
The PE-AN has plenary meetings 2 to 3 times a year. Last meeting: 5th of April

10. PE-AN
The PE-AN issues recommendations that are handled by the CEN Programme manager. This could lead for example to:
BT decisions
Messages to CEN/TCs
The PE-AN could be addressed to answer to specific concerns related to the sector

11. Specific principles in the pressure sector
The pressure equipment standards are classified into two categories
Type 1 standards (Cited in the Official Journal)
Type 2 standards (not cited )

12. Classification of Standards: Type 1 standards
Provide a technical solution to [fully] achieve one or more specific PED Essential Safety Requirements either by itself or by calling up other references (see guideline 10.5).
It can be a product standard (i.e. a standard dealing with items of pressure equipment or assemblies) or a standard dealing with materials, procedures for permanent joining, approval of NDT personnel etc.

13. Classification of Standards: Type 2 standards
Provide useful elements that contribute to the fulfilment of ESR(s)
cannot alone give presumption of conformity to these ESRs.
Examples: NDT test methods, general principles, terminology.
Type 2 standards are likely to be used as normative references in type 1 standards

14. The work programme and status of standards

15. European Standards Some 24 CEN and 9 ECISS Technical
Committees relate to the PED
280 harmonized standards
562 supporting standards

17. Harmonized standards by TCs
Technical Committee
Title
# of standards
TC 23
Transportable gas cylinders 3
TC 54
Unfired pressure vessels 31
TC 57
Central heating boilers 1
TC 58
Safety and control devices for gas-burners and gas-burning appliances 4
TC 69
Industrial valves 32
TC 70
Manual means of fire fighting equipment
TC 74
Flanges and their joints 11
TC 79
Respiratory protective devices
TC 121
Welding 30
TC 132
Aluminium and aluminium alloys
TC 133
Copper and copper alloys 8
TC 138
Non-destructive testing 2
TC 155
Plastics piping systems and ducting systems
TC 182
Refrigerating systems, safety and environmental requirements

18. Technical Committee
Title
# of standards
TC 190
Foundry technology 5
TC 194
Utensils in contact with food 1
TC 210
GRP tanks and vessels 4
TC 234
Gas Supply 2
TC 235
Gas pressure regulators and associated safety devices for use in gas transmission and distribution
TC 237
Gas meters
TC 267
Industrial piping and pipelines 11
TC 268
Cryogenic vessels 21
TC 269
Shell and water-tube boilers 24
TC 286
Liquefied petroleum gas equipment and accessories 12
TC 326
Gas supply for Natural Gas Vehicles (NGV)
TC 342
Metal hoses, hose assemblies, bellows and expansion joints
ECISS/TC 9
Technical conditions of delivery and quality control
ECISS/TC 22
Steels for pressure purposes - Qualities 14
ECISS/TC 28
Steel forgings
ECISS/TC 29
Steel tubes and fittings for steel tubes 18
ECISS/TC 31
Steel castings

19. The status of harmonized standards
Total: 280 WIs

20. The status of supporting standards
Total: 562 WIs

21. Amendment, revision, maintenance
Standards are continuously amended or revised to stay at the state of the arts or include new topics
Maintenance :
There are 3 Help desks covering major standards
EN 13445:2002 ‘Unfired Pressure Vessels’
EN ‘Metallic Industrial piping’
EN and EN for boilers
Because of the complexity of the standards for :
- correction of potential errors and mistakes;
- answering queries raised by users.

22. EN 13445 ‘Unfired Pressure Vessel’ Help Desk
A central point to collect questions & feedback from the users of the standard
A network to answer the queries in a very short time
An official body to give authorised answers, accepted by the “authors” of the standard
A professional body to prepare corrected pages of the standard
A place to find updated information about the standard, its status, its future.

23. EN 13445 ‘Unfired Pressure Vessel’ Help Desk
The CEN Management Centre makes the corrected pages available to the CEN National Standard Bodies.
The delivery of these corrected pages to the final users is under the responsibility of CEN National Standard Bodies.

24. EN 13445 MHD: Functioning Receipt of a question form ??
Analysis of the question by experts designated by CEN members
Expert group
Decision
Interpretation
Information
on the website
Correction
Correction notice
with corrected pages
issue 2 …. n
Technical question
Transfer to TC 54
for action

25. EN 13445 ‘Unfired Pressure Vessel’ Help Desk
38 experts from 10 countries
The helpdesk is accessible through the CEN website but also through
A log of all pages for each Part, with their issue number and date, is given as downloadable documents, for each language version (English, French, German) :
The 13th issue of EN was made available to the CEN members in March

26. EN 13445 ‘Unfired Pressure Vessel’ Help Desk
The status on the 1st of April was,
393 questions have been received among which
273 corrections issued
11 interpretations issued
63 technical questions (transferred to TC 54)
44 (not defined or no action)

28. The future of EN 13445
EN shall become the most popular PV standard in Europe, and a major PV standard outside Europe
promote EN during international conferences
publish success stories concerning its use
make comparison studies with its competitors
explain the background of the rules
organise training sessions
EN shall remain up-to-date
encourage companies to send experts to CEN/TC 54
initiate pre-normative research when needed
1) The full benefit of the standard will only be obtained when it will be largely used in Europe and outside Europe. To achieve this important goal, CEN, with the support of the European Commission, have initiated a programme to promote the use of the standard: - sending experts to international conferences (PVRC April 2004 USA; IIW July 2004 Japan; ASME July 2004 USA ; Pressure Vessel Association China September 2004) - publishing success stories on the use of the standard - initiating comparison studies between EN and some of its famous competitive codes (ASME, CODAP) - explaining the background of the rules (a book is available on the subject)
To facilitate the integration of its basic concepts and criteria into the technical background knowledge of pressure equipment engineers and technicians; training courses are developed in several European countries.
2) Availability of expertise is essential for the new developments of the standard (e.g. other materials : nickel alloys, titanium, zirconium, design by fracture mechanics, dynamic tests for experimental design method, design for service in ammonia). The standardisation work is based on voluntary involvement of experts nominated by their company/organisation (through their national committee) to work together in order to agree common and acceptable solutions. There is some financing from the European Commission, but it is intended to cover the administrative support of the work, and not the expert expenses. Companies shall be encouraged to send experts.
Pre-normative work should be initiated through EPERC
The standardisation rules shall be adapted

29. EN : Piping Help Desk
The Help Desk is a CEN/TC 267 ‘Industrial piping and pipelines’ working group
It provides prompt official responses to questions regarding the application of the Standard
as well as updated information about the evolutions of the standard.
The helpdesk is accessible through the CEN website but also through
19 experts from 5 countries

30. EN 13480 : Piping Help Desk Up to now,
55 questions have been received among which
10 have been treated
12 are under treatment
33 still to be distributed to the experts of the help desk.
In total there will be approximately 8 corrections that will be incorporated in the 2nd issue of EN that will be published probably in coming months.

31. EN 12952 and EN 12953 Boiler Help Desks
Experts have already been nominated
Chairman and Secretary of CEN/TC 269
Convenors of CENT/TC 269/WG 1, WG 2 and WG 3
CEN/TC 269 will provide the following internet address for the help desk:
The activity of the Boiler help desk has encountered some delays but will start soon

32. EN 12952 and EN 12953 Boiler Help Desks
The MG shall deal with editorial problems.
Any Technical problems, or lack of agreement, shall be passed to the appropriate WG for resolution.

33. The Promotion of Pressure Equipment Standards

34. CMC does not sell standards but encourages their use
The promotion of standards is to the benefit of all, especially the NSBs
Ways of promoting are:
Writing “case studies” on the success of manufactures using ENs
Being present at important conferences (speakers, booths)
Publishing articles on important standards
Organising workshops/conferences
Developing help desks …

35. Promotion of standards outside Europe: Visibility Fund
The European Commission Services’ Visibility Fund for co-financing projects aimed at the promotion of standards outside Europe has been used in 2004 for four projects :
Presentation of the Design Criteria of EN During the 57th Annual Assembly of the International Institute of Welding (IIW),Osaka (Japan) July 2004; This includes 16 presentations from European experts;

36. Presentation of the European position on sealing technology, creep damage and repairs at the Pressure Vessel Research Council Meetings of April 5-8, 2004 in Savannah, Georgia, USA.; by Guy Baylac;
Presentation of the results of the “Comparative Study on Pressure Equipment Standards” at the ASME PVP Conference 2004, July 25 –29, San Diego, CA, USA, by Prof. Josef Zeman TUW (Vienna, Austria);
Lectures at the Pressure Vessel Association of China, and the East China University of Science & Technology in September 2004, by John Darlaston

37. Visibility: 2005 projects
ASME PVP Conference in DENVER (July 2005): Guy Baylac as co-ordinator
Five papers will be presented:
Non destructive testing of unfired pressure vessels
European acceptance criteria for radiographic testing
Inspection and testing of serially produced pressure vessels
Non destructive testing of welds
Non destructive testing and inspection of unfired pressure vessels subject to cyclic loads in EN
Workshops in Korea in association with industry, Korea Power Engineering and the University of Seoul (Sept, Oct 2005) John Darlaston

38. The CEN work programme supporting the PED has well progressed
Conclusions
The CEN work programme supporting the PED has well progressed
Some gaps should be filled:
Harmonized standards for Cast Iron are still an omission
Develop copper and aluminium material standards for pressure purposes
CEN looks forward for the Completion of mandated programme
Major product standards are available and need to be used more by industry
CEN looks to further improve competitiveness of ENs
And to promote EN standards

39. Useful websites www.cenorm.be CEN Home page
Text of Directive, Guidelines and links to standards, notified bodies, JRC, etc
“Blue” Guide
Directives and related standards

40. Restricted access electronic platforms:
CEN Livelink: For TCs having asked CMC
DIN Livelink: Used by TCs hold by DIN
COMELEC: Used by AFNOR TCs
Access is granted by contacting the TC secretary
Mainly used for TC/WG daily work

41. Online Database PROJEX online (user restricted)
Only for TC secretaries and
TC Chairman

42. CEN Publications/ Communications
Sector News (every month)
Networking (every 2 months)
COMPASS ‘European Standardization in a nutshell’

43. Programme Managers and Info Desk
For targeted questions:
There are 11 Programme Managers in the CEN Management Centre
For General questions
Ask the CMC InfoDesk

44. CEN Programme Managers
Business domain
Sector PM
Building & Civil engineering
Construction Products
ADC
JVT
Chemistry
GDJ
Explosives for Civil Uses
Environment
(EHD)
G.G SC
Food
MCH
General standards
Quality
Measurement / Metrology LP
Health & Safety
Occupational Health & Safety
Personal Protective Equipment
Healthcare
Medical Devices
Heating, cooling, ventilation & air-conditioning
Gas Appliances
Gas utilization
Gas distribution
AGU
Oil and solid fuel appliances
Others (Solar heating)
Household goods, sports & leisure
Toys
Materials
Metallic
[Steel ECISS] SJ

45. Programme Managers Materials Non metallic various
Business domain
Sector PM
Materials
Non metallic
various
Mechanical engineering
Machinery & Lifts SJ
Pressure Equipment NH
Noise of machines AA
Explosive atmospheres
Services
AGU
Transport & Packaging
Recreational Craft TL
Transport of Dangerous Goods
Packaging
Rail
Cableway Transport
Aerospace LP
Utilities & Energy
Energy
Water
JVT

46. Details of Programme managers
(ADC) Amilcar Da Costa
(GDJ) Guido De Jongh
(MCH) Marie-Christine Héloire
(AGU) Andreea Gulacsi
(SJ) Stefan Joannin
(NH) Nouredine Hakimi
(LP) Ludwig Paul
(TL) Thierry Legrand
(JVT) Johan Van Tiel.
(SC) Sam Cross
(GG) Gerrald Goselink

47. Thanks for your attention
Question/answers
The floor is open
Thanks for your attention